Word Problems: Solve Systems of Equations in Real Life

A farmer has chickens and cows. If the total number of animals is 30 and the total number of legs is 100, how many chickens and cows does the farmer have?

• 15 chickens and 15 cows

• 20 chickens and 10 cows

• 5 chickens and 25 cows

• 10 chickens and 20 cows

Two friends, Alice and Bob, are collecting stickers. Alice has 5 more stickers than Bob, and together they have 45 stickers. How many stickers does each friend have?

• Alice has 20 stickers and Bob has 25 stickers.

• Alice has 25 stickers and Bob has 20 stickers.

• Alice has 10 stickers and Bob has 35 stickers.

• Alice has 30 stickers and Bob has 15 stickers.

A school is selling tickets for a play. Adult tickets cost $10 and student tickets cost $5. If they sold a total of 50 tickets for $400, how many adult and student tickets were sold?

• 20 adult tickets and 30 student tickets

• 25 adult tickets and 25 student tickets

• 30 adult tickets and 20 student tickets

• 40 adult tickets and 10 student tickets

In a fruit market, the total number of apples and oranges is 60. If the number of apples is twice the number of oranges, how many apples and oranges are there?

• 30 apples and 30 oranges

• 20 apples and 40 oranges

• 40 apples and 20 oranges

• 50 apples and 10 oranges

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If a customer buys a total of 10 items and spends $90, how many novels and magazines did they buy?

• 3 novels and 7 magazines

• 4 novels and 6 magazines

• 5 novels and 5 magazines

• 6 novels and 4 magazines

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $50 plus $0.20 per mile driven. If a customer paid $70 for their rental, how many miles did they drive?

• 100 miles

• 150 miles

• 50 miles

• 200 miles

In a class, the number of boys is 3 more than twice the number of girls. If there are 27 students in total, how many boys and girls are in the class?

• 22 boys and 5 girls

• 10 boys and 17 girls

• 19 boys and 8 girls

• 15 boys and 12 girls

A concert hall has two types of seating: regular seats and VIP seats. If the total number of seats is 200 and the total revenue from ticket sales is $3000, with regular seats costing $10 and VIP seats costing $20, how many of each type of seat were sold?

• 200 regular seats and 0 VIP seats

• 150 regular seats and 50 VIP seats

• 100 regular seats and 100 VIP seats

• 80 regular seats and 120 VIP seats

A gardener is planting flowers and shrubs. If the total number of plants is 40 and the number of flowers is 3 times the number of shrubs, how many flowers and shrubs are there?

• 30 flowers and 10 shrubs

• 35 flowers and 5 shrubs

• 25 flowers and 15 shrubs

• 20 flowers and 20 shrubs

A company produces two types of gadgets: Type A and Type B. If the total production is 100 gadgets and Type A gadgets are produced at a rate of 3 times that of Type B, how many of each type are produced?

• Type A: 50, Type B: 50

• Type A: 75, Type B: 25

• Type A: 60, Type B: 40

• Type A: 80, Type B: 20